Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 158

Hanūmaccarita

The Account of Hanumān

Devanagari script

अनर्हं मम नैवेद्यं पत्रं पुष्पं फलादिकम् । मह्यं निवेद्य सकलं कूप एव विनिःक्षिपेत् ॥ १५८ ॥

Transliteration

anarhaṃ mama naivedyaṃ patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalādikam | mahyaṃ nivedya sakalaṃ kūpa eva viniḥkṣipet || 158 ||

Translation

എന്റെ നൈവേദ്യത്തിൽ ഇല, പൂവ്, ഫലം മുതലായവയിൽ എന്തെങ്കിലും അർഹമല്ലെങ്കിൽ, അത് എനിക്ക് നിവേദിച്ച് ശേഷം എല്ലാം കിണറ്റിലേക്കുതന്നെ ഇടണം.

Word by Word

• अनर्हम्: unworthy
• अनर्हम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनर्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नैवेद्यम्: offering (food)
• नैवेद्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पत्रम्: leaf
• पत्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पुष्पम्: flower
• पुष्पम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• फल-आदिकम्: fruit and the like
• फल-आदिकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (फलम् आदिः यस्य)

• मह्यम्: to me
• मह्यम्: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• निवेद्य: having offered
• निवेद्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद्/निवेदय् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having offered/presented’

• सकलम्: all, entire
• सकलम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण

• कूपे: in a well
• कूपे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• एव: only
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (only/just)

• विनिःक्षिपेत्: should throw/cast away
• विनिःक्षिपेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नि-क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a didactic dialogue; framed as the Lord’s/śāstra’s instruction on ritual propriety)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It stresses śauca (ritual purity) and reverence in worship: offerings to the deity must be fit; what is unfit should not be consumed or reused, but respectfully disposed of after due offering.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

Bhakti here is expressed as careful, disciplined service (seva): the devotee honors the deity with suitable offerings and avoids negligence by properly discarding what is inappropriate.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights practical kalpa/ritual procedure—how to manage naivedya and maintain cleanliness in worship, including prescribed disposal to avoid impurity and ritual fault.